As Caravan of Migrants Begins Entry at U.S.-Mexico Border, Trump Admin Attacks Legal Asylum Process; Arundhati Roy’s Latest Novel Takes on Fascism, Rising Hindu Nationalism in India & Abuses in Kashmir.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast)
9:00 AM Pacific Time: MONDAYS - FRIDAYS
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
May Day in Puerto Rico: Police Attack Anti-Austerity Protesters with Pepper Spray & Tear Gas; Detained and Then Deported: U.S. Human Rights Lawyers Barred from Entry into Israel; Arizona Joins Red State Revolt: Teachers’ Strike Reaches Day Five; Puerto Rico Needs Help: Unelected Fiscal Board Pushes Austerity as Island Continues Slow Recovery; With Labor & … Continued
Worldwide Mourning as 10 Journalists Killed in Afghanistan’s Deadliest Day for Reporters Since 2001; “Talking About History Is Way to Liberate America”: New Memorial Honors Victims of White Supremacy.
Tim Shorrock on North Korea Nuclear Deal: Will the U.S. Drop Sanctions & Economic Embargo? Champion for Black Power & All the Oppressed: Dr. Cone, Founder of Black Liberation Theology, Dies.
“Our Dreams Are Coming True”: Peace Activists Celebrate as Korean Leaders Vow to Officially End War; “You Really Should Resign:” Lawmakers Slam EPA’s Scott Pruitt over Mounting Ethics Scandals; Karen Korematsu: “My Father Resisted Japanese Internment. Trump’s Travel Ban is Just as Unfair.”
Supreme Court Appears Set to Uphold Trump’s Travel Ban Targeting Muslim Nations; Travel Ban Blocks U.S. Citizen From Bringing Yemeni Daughter with Cerebral Palsy to U.S. For Care; Senior Democrat Caught on Tape Pressuring Progressive Congressional Candidate to Drop Out of Race; After Fleeing Genocide, a Million Rohingya Refugees Now Face Monsoon Season in Bangladesh.
Trump Decries Iran Nuclear Deal as He Fills Cabinet with Advocates Pushing Regime Change in Tehran; Texas Mother Recalls Being Forced to Bury Fetal Remains After Miscarriage in “Horrific” Ordeal; How VP Mike Pence Enshrined Life-Threatening Catholic Hospital Religious Practices into Indiana Law; Arizona Reproductive Justice Activist, Now Free from ICE Jail, Says She Was … Continued
No End in Sight for US-Backed Yemen War as Airstrike Kills At Least 20, Including Bride, at Wedding; As Cuba Gains a New President, Raúl Castro Steps Back, Not Down, from Power; The Untold Story of How Fidel Castro’s Love Affair with ABC Journalist Altered U.S.-Cuban Relations; Activists Demand Release of Manuel Duran, Prominent Latino … Continued
How Black Students Helped Lead the 1968 Columbia U. Strike Against Militarism & Racism 50 Years Ago.
Dilma Rousseff: Lula’s Imprisonment Is Part of a Coup Corroding Brazil’s Democratic Institutions; Dilma Rousseff: The Rise of Brazil’s Far Right Threatens Democratic Gains Since End of Dictatorship; Earth Day 2018: Ending Plastic Pollution in the Oceans, Land & Our Bodies.